Green bushes and trees next to a brick pathway and wooden benches below blue skies.

Herb Garden

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Nancy Bryan Luce Herb Garden
Year-Round

Delight in the fragrance and soft beauty of the Herb Garden’s green, gray, purple, and white blend of foliage and flowers. The evergreen boxwood parterre, this garden’s formal centerpiece designed by Penelope Hobhouse, provides symmetry and structure amid a wide assortment of textures and fragrances. You may spot the shiny green leaves of bay laurel or the spiky flowers of sage plants. Look for hops, a key ingredient in beer, and wandering nasturtiums, whose edible flowers are a beautiful addition to a summer salad. It’s all here, wrapped up in a delightful package.

Season Galleries

  • Herb Garden - Winter
  • Shrubs, flowers, and plants in the herb garden
  • Herb Garden - Summer
  • Brick path surround by plants and flowers in the herb garden
  • Herb Garden - Summer
  • Aerial view of Herb Garden with brick paths, wooden benches in each corner, green bushes, and geometric shaped bushes in the center.
  • Long view of green potted trees, short red brick wall, green bushes in a designed pattern below tall green trees.
  • Pathway leading into Garden area with a short, red brick wall, a brick pathway, green potted tree, green bushes and two wooden benches with a hill of green grass and trees in the distance.
  • Potted plant sitting atop a marble wall with light green and pink blooms, and green bushes in the distance.
  • Aerial view of Garden area showing green potted trees, bushes around the perimeter, wooden benches in each corner, and bushes cut into geometric shapes in the center.
  • Lush green bushes of various shapes below tall green trees changing to shades of orange and yellow.
  • Brown, yellow and black butterfly sitting atop a delicate plant sprouting small, white flowers amongst brown branches and green leaves.
  • Small spiky, purple plant growing on green stems with green leaves.
  • Herb Garden - Fall
  • Herb Garden - Fall

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